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SC Election Agency withholds ID List

The South Carolina Election Commission said it will seek a legal opinion on whether it has to release the names of voters who may face hurdles when they head to the polls because they don't have state-issued photo identification or driver's licenses.

Possible Heart Attack Kills SC Man After Robbery

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a Greenville County man died of a possible heart attack after intruders kicked in his door, held him at gunpoint and robbed him. Greenville County Deputy Coroner Barry Wright says 50-year-old Amos Richard Valentine died Thursday night after going into cardiac arrest at his apartment.

Book parents complain about gets pulled

Since this story first aired, ABC Columbia News has learned the book, 'Litte House in the Big Woods,' has been pulled from the classroom at North Springs Elementary.

Former SC first lady Sanford sticks up for Cain

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford is taking a step into 2012 presidential politics in an opinion piece that praises businessman Herman Cain and criticizes special interests and media sensationalism.

West Nile Bugging Richland County Officials

(WOLO) COLUMBIA, S.C. Richland county vector programs spends Thursday night spraying a chemical to rid the area of mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus. Officials say they needed to act fast once they noticed the numbers of mosquitoes with the disease was growing.

SC Court to Take up Primary Challenge

The South Carolina Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for a challenge of the first-in-the-South presidential primary brought by four counties worried about picking up the contest's tab.

SC Probe Leads to 9 Arrests in Illegal Tobacco Bust

MAULDIN, S.C. (AP) _ Federal authorities have busted a ring of conspirators they say illegally purchased and sold untaxed cigarettes totaling millions of dollars in an operation spanning from Virginia to South Carolina. Prosecutors say agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rounded up several men in northwestern South Carolina this week.

Cain-Jenny Sanford

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford is taking a step into 2012 presidential politics in an opinion piece that praises businessman Herman Cain and criticizes special interests and media sensationalism.

SCDOT Questioned About Finances

Thursday, Robert St. Onge, Jr. with the South Carolina Department of Transportation went before the Budget and Control Board to answer questions concerning the departments cash flow problems.

Bauer organizes for 7th District run

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has his eyes set on Congress as he seeks the GOP nomination in South Carolina's new 7th Congressional District.

Civil War diarist's photos reunited with journals

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nearly 200 photographs that famed Civil War diarist Mary Boykin Chestnut collected to illustrate her epic story have been reunited with her original journals, 125 years after her death.

USC hosts poet Maggie Dietz at literary festival

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina is opening its fall literary festival with a visit from Maggie Dietz, who brings poetry to the general public as director of the American Favorite Poem Project.

More than 500 attending SC education summit

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than 500 educators, business leaders and legislators from across South Carolina are gathering in Columbia to discuss how schools can compete globally.

SC Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Student

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) _ A 36-year-old Chesterfield County teacher is accused of having sex with a former middle school student. The Darlington County Detention Center says deputies arrested Carole Ann Hope on charges of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and lewd act on a minor.

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